The Director of our Italian Language Program (and Undergraduate Chair of Italian Studies) Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia has published "Intermediate Italian as a Bridge to Many Bridges" (see here pp. 80-107), as a contribution to a special issue of the refereed online publication Teaching Italian Language and Culture Annual (TILCA) entitled "Innovation in Italian Programs and Pedagogy." The article "highlights examples of content and outcomes from Intermediate Italian courses at the University of Pennsylvania that focus on fundamental aspects of language development such as meaningful vocabulary building and process reading, listening, viewing, and writing.” […] As Dr. Veneziano Broccia writes “At the University of Pennsylvania, we are reinvigorating Italian Studies. This is an exciting opportunity to take part in the advancement of language learning technologies and open source learning.” Congratulations Dr. Veneziano Broccia!